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05/21/2011

A Little Encouragement

Some days we all just need a little encouragement ~ am I right? That is what my Large Caterpillar/Butterfly 3215F quote is all about, helping someone see past today into a better tomorrow.

I have to tell you, I personally use this quote with these two lovely butterflies, Royal Monarch 4050J, and Side Monarch 4051G all the time! When my beautiful niece Melissa and Travis got married years ago my sister Jacksie and I made several hundred of these gift tags above. The good news, when you are doing a project this large, you figure it out quickly and it starts going very fast.

Let me tell you how we created all those tags. We first sponged purple and lavender ink directly onto a size 8 shipping tag blending and mixing the shades as we inked. We set them aside as we worked and I'm here to tell you after a few hundred inkings you know the first tags are dry! Next, we imaged the butterflies and quote with black ink. Moving on, with all the layers of ink dry, we used a VersaMark clear pigment ink directly from the pad to cover the entire front of the imaged tag. VersaMark was coated completely with my favorite ever, Psychedelic Embossing Powder PSYEPD. Shook off the excess and heated until melted. What is so awesome about Psychedelic Embossing Powder is that the darker the card stock, or ink color you melt it onto the more the iridescent shimmer becomes. This awesome powder is available from stampofexcellence.com, but there will be no picture of it available until the start of next week as my son Beefy has our camera this weekend for his best friends, Danny and Christy's wedding this afternoon. (That is another blog I promise to bring you next week ~~ can't wait!!!)

Add some luscious matching fibers and your "support a friend" tag is ready for a warm personal note on the back. Helping some one else through a rough patch quite often helps us personally as much as our buddy in need. Give it a try. Making art is guaranteed to brighten everyones day!

Have a great weekend! I'm off to see one of my favorite kids marry his best girl! How special is that?!!!